Cmttee/ACRWC/II. Rev 2 Page 6 Rule 24: Servicing of meetings The Chairperson of the Commission shall be responsible for all the necessary arrangements for meetings of the Committee and its subsidiary bodies. Rule 25: Keeping the members informed The Chairperson of the Commission shall be responsible for keeping the members of the Committee informed of any questions which may be brought before it for consideration and/or any other developments that may be of relevance to the Committee. Rule 26: Budget The Budget of the Committee shall be provided by the AU. The Committee may accept donations to support its work. Rule 27: Financial implications of proposals Before any proposal which involves expenditures is approved by the Committee or by its subsidiary bodies, the Chairperson of the Commission shall prepare and circulate to Members States, as early as possible, an estimate of the cost involved in the proposal. It shall be the duty of the Chairperson to draw the attention of the members to this estimate and to invite discussion on it when the proposal is considered by the Committee or by a subsidiary body. VI. LANGUAGES Rule 28: Official and working languages The official languages of the Committee shall be those of the African Union. The working languages of the Committee shall be English and French. Rule 29: Interpretation from a working language Statements made in any of the working languages shall be interpreted into the other working language. Rule 30: Interpretation from a non-working language Any person addressing the Committee in a language other than one of the working languages shall provide and bear the expenses of interpretation into one of the working languages. The interpreters of the Secretariat may take the interpretation of the original language as source language for their interpretation in the other working language. Rule 31: Languages of decisions and official documents